Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
640,020 KWD
Pension
- 1.27 KWD
Social Security
** - 0.22 KWD
Unemployment
- 0.08 KWD
Total tax
- 1.56 KWD
Net pay
* 640,018 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
640,018 KWD
Net pay
1.90 KWD
Tax the employer pays
1.56 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3.47 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1.90 KWD to pay you 640,020 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,331,241,600 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,331,238,345 KWD per year, or 110,936,529 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.0% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 709562541
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 618640474
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1198115352
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1104931535
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 1038371078
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 899920453
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 865307556
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 865308412
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 865311272
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 826481286
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 812060645
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 798752696
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 785425199
41.0%
11
China
KWD 732191600
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 717451951
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 705563947
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 693968237
47.9%
15
India
KWD 153253201
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1178256885
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 965150332
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 893599401
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 888605809
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 865308520
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 865307038
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 860649440
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 815387899
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 812032696
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 808551274
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 798752446
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 759430926
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 968478317
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 931869275
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 908339059
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 905510574
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 880616624
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 865307718
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 818713674
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 810526826
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 806717128
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 798745311
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 732185931
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 732183976
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1331237182
0.0%
1
Kuwait
KWD 1331238345
0.0%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1317926444
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1264679520
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1264679520
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1224742272
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 998431285
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 775328479
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 665628314
50.0%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.